Changes

“Are you aware of this momentary, awkward feeling? Good! You know it! Do you know what causes these [[feelings]]? No! They remain a [[mystery]] and they may long be something to overcome for those young ones who unluckily [[endured]] the [[WWII|second world war]] of starvation in Europe. Your [[elders]], of necessity, needed to ‘scrape’ for long hours to [[survive]] and few had time left over for their youngsters. Untrained [[teachers]] with their arrays of brutal [[punishment]], even the doings of ham-handed [[priests]], only ever deserved relentless distrust.  

“Are you aware of this momentary, awkward feeling? Good! You know it! Do you know what causes these [[feelings]]? No! They remain a [[mystery]] and they may long be something to overcome for those young ones who unluckily [[endured]] the [[WWII|second world war]] of starvation in Europe. Your [[elders]], of necessity, needed to ‘scrape’ for long hours to [[survive]] and few had time left over for their youngsters. Untrained [[teachers]] with their arrays of brutal [[punishment]], even the doings of ham-handed [[priests]], only ever deserved relentless distrust.  

“For a deeply [[thinking]] child, for any child, really, this was not a world that fostered [[trust]] in grown-ups. Why trust a bishop who appointed that bungling priest? Why trust a pope who appointed that bishop? And who appointed the pope and according to that [[bible]] of God’s words was known to get [[angry]] and [[jealous]]? Took sides in wars? What legacy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation misinformation] and most errant human suppositions!  

“For a deeply [[thinking]] child, for any child, really, this was not a world that fostered [[trust]] in grown-ups. Why trust a bishop who appointed that bungling priest? Why trust a pope who appointed that bishop? And who appointed the pope and according to that [[bible]] of God’s words was known to get [[angry]] and [[jealous]]? Took sides in wars? What legacy of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation misinformation] and most errant human suppositions!  

“The teacher with his whipping rattan cane is your brother. [[Surprise]]! The village priest is of your kin. What a blow! Even the pope is [[family]]. When finally you are released from the [[Urantia]] special ‘internment’ camp on [[Mansonia One]], you will at last [[understand]] and fully accept that all God-knowing creatures of all colors, all lands, all religions, yes, all planets, are family. Your eyes will be opened and you will be [[eager]] to tell us that we were always right; that all are equal and that all are immediate family.  

“The teacher with his whipping rattan cane is your brother. [[Surprise]]! The village priest is of your kin. What a blow! Even the pope is [[family]]. When finally you are released from the [[Urantia]] special ‘internment’ camp on [[Mansonia One]], you will at last [[understand]] and fully accept that all God-knowing creatures of all colors, all lands, all religions, yes, all planets, are family. Your eyes will be opened and you will be [[eager]] to tell us that we were always right; that all are equal and that all are immediate family.